Sacramento hard rock/heavy metal outfit Roswell has made a name for themselves quite rapidly over a mere three-year existence thus far, with their wide-ranged musical style and dynamic live shows. They will be part of Metal Assault’s first event in Sacramento, at the Blue Lamp this Friday August 4th, and earlier this week we caught up with singer Greg Halldorson for a chat about all things Roswell! Check it out below, and if you’re anywhere near Sacramento, you know where to be this Friday night! Continue reading “Rising Up and Being Counted: In Conversation with Roswell vocalist Greg Halldorson”

Polish death metal veterans Vader recently completed a highly successful North American headline run, in support of their latest album ‘The Empire’ (Nuclear Blast Records, 2016), and played to packed houses everywhere they went. Our man Jason Williams, who has followed this band for more than 15 years, knows more about Vader than possibly anyone on this planet. On the San Diego stop of the tour (following the Santa Ana show), Jason sat down with vocalist, guitarist and leader Peter Wiwczarek for an in-depth interview. Read it below. Continue reading “Return of The Empire: In-depth Interview with Vader frontman Peter Wiwczarek”

Los Angeles based melodic death metal quintet Voices Of Ruin has been in existence for nearly a decade, and in that duration they have established itself as one of the most honest and hardworking bands in the Southern California metal scene. Not straying from their path and instead honing their skills in playing exactly the style of music they love and want to play, Voices Of Ruin have released two excellent albums thus far, and still have a long journey ahead. Most recently, they embarked on a successful North American tour with Vader, and Metal Assault is very pleased to welcome them home by having them on our Viper Room event Friday June 30th, also featuring Castle, Alien Satan and Malison. On June 5th, after their set at the Santa Ana show of the Vader tour, our man Jason Williams sat down with vocalist David Barrett for an interview. Enjoy the pleasant chat below, and join us at the Viper Room next week! Continue reading “Conquering Black Horizons: In Conversation with Voices Of Ruin vocalist David Barrett”

Long Island, New York death metal group Internal Bleeding has been in existence since 1991, and they are known as the ‘Gods of slam’, for injecting an unmistakable element of groove and slam into the genre they loved most as young aspiring musicians. In 2017, they are still going strong despite having recently undergone a change in vocalist, and the sudden and tragic passing of drummer Bill Toley, who died in April this year while on his day job as firefighter. Internal Bleeding recently concluded a North American tour as support act to Vader, and after the Santa Ana show at Malone’s on June 5th, our writer Jason Williams sat down with guitarist and founding member Chris Pervelis for a very open, honest chat about a variety of topics. Read it below. Continue reading ““We wanted to make Death Metal with a Street Attitude”: In Conversation with Internal Bleeding guitarist Chris Pervelis”

Fresno, California horror doom trio Beastmaker has been on a rapid rise in the last year or so, releasing their stunning debut LP ‘Lusus Naturae’ in 2016 and quickly following it up with another stellar full-length called ‘Inside The Skull’ in 2017, both via Rise Above Records. The band has also engaged in a slew of touring activity throughout, and most recently they concluded a US tour supporting Zakk Wylde’s Black Sabbath cover band, Zakk Sabbath. The last show of the tour took place at the El Rey in Los Angeles on June 17th. Before the show, our man Jimmy Cabbs caught up with Trevor William Church (guitar/vocals), John Tucker (bass) and Andres Alejandro Saldate (drums) for an interview about all things Beastmaker. Listen to the 14-minute conversation below, and check out the music video for their song ‘Evil One’! Continue reading “Psychic Visions: Beastmaker discuss New Album, Touring with Zakk Wylde & more”